Black History Month: To Celebrate or Not to Celebrate?
Back in the mid-1980s while a mail handler working for the United States Postal Service at what was called the South Postal Annex, I had a conversation with a White liberal co-worker. I was trying to “Red Pill” him” by loaning him a book, Hijacked the Anthory Bryant Story. Mr. Bryant was a Black Panther turned born-again Christian and patriot. Bryant hijacked a plane to Cuba back in 1969. Thinking he would be given a hero’s welcome; he ended up spending twelve years in a Cuban hellhole prison.
My liberal co-worker never bothered to read the book because it didn’t fit his liberal narrative. “You need to travel around the country and then get back to me,” he exclaimed. I told him that while I wasn’t the most well-traveled man, “I have been in the Deep South, but it wouldn’t make any difference to you.” He accused me of not knowing much about Black history. I then began to ask him some questions:
Who was the first Black U.S. Senator?
Who was the Black man killed in the Boston Massacre?
Who invented the traffic light?
What was the name of the first all-Black unit in the Civil War? (1)
He didn’t know the answer to any of the questions and a few more I posed to him
‘For someone who knows so much about Blacks, you don’t know much about Blacks,” I replied.
A number of my Black co-workers were listening to the conversation. As my liberal co-worker was about to clock out, I asked him one more question “Why did you White liberals give Blacks the shortest month of the year to celebrate Black History Month?” This question ended our friendly relationship. My Black co-workers, on the other hand were high fiving each other, and congratulated me for putting this condescending White liberal in his place.
A Black postal co-worker, a friend, and I were discussing the issue. He was a conservative minded man but told me that Whites write history. I asked him if he could name the Black man who was killed in the Boston Massacre. “Crispus Attucks” he correctly replied. “Now name the White victims,” I queried. “You made your point,” he replied. (2)
Actually, Black History Month wasn’t chosen because it was the shortest month of the year. It started as Negro History Week in 1926 thanks to the efforts of historian Carter G. Woodson and the members of the Association for the Study of Negro Life. The second week of February was chosen because the birthdays of both Abraham Lincoln and Frederick Douglas fall in that week. Of the Negro History Week, Professor Woodson said
“It is not so much a Negro History Week as it is a History Week. We should emphasize not Negro History, but the Negro in History. What we need is not a history of selected races or nations, but the history of the world void of national bias, race hatred and religious prejudice.”
Woodson acknowledged the work of William Cooper Nell, perhaps the first Black American historian. I highly recommend Nell’s book, Colored Patriots of the American Re volution which is still in print. His book included a segment on the nation’s first all-black militia-the Bucks of America. This Boston based unit was led by Colonel George Middleton, who may have been the first Black military officer in U.S. History. John Hancock, and his son John George Washington, Hancock, who may have been the Buck’s mascot, presented a flag to Colonel Middleton to honor the militia unit. The original flag is on display at the National Museum of Black History in D.C. Nell helped bring the name of Crispus Attucks, one of the victims of the Boston Massacre into national prominence.
Negro History Week was observed by schools and organizations. Mayors of some cities would pass resolutions observing Negro History Week. In 1976, President Gerald Ford was the first president to declare February Black History Month with these remarks:
“Seize the opportunity to honor the too-often neglected accomplishments of Black Americans in every area of endeavor throughout our history.”
Every president since then has issued proclamations. On January 31, Trump issued this:
Today, I am very honored to recognize February 2025 as National Black History Month.
Every year, National Black History Month is an occasion to celebrate the contributions of so many black American patriots who have indelibly shaped our Nation’s history.
Throughout our history, black Americans have been among our country’s most consequential leaders, shaping the cultural and political destiny of our Nation in profound ways. American heroes such as Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Thomas Sowell, Justice Clarence Thomas, and countless others represent what is best in America and her citizens. Their achievements, which have monumentally advanced the tradition of equality under the law in our great country, continue to serve as an inspiration for all Americans. We will also never forget the achievements of American greats like Tiger Woods, who have pushed the boundaries of excellence in their respective fields, paving the way for others to follow.
This National Black History Month, as America prepares to enter a historic Golden Age, I want to extend my tremendous gratitude to black Americans for all they have done to bring us to this moment, and for the many future contributions they will make as we advance into a future of limitless possibility under my Administration.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim February 2025 as National Black History Month. I call upon public officials, educators, librarians, and all the people of the United States to observe this month with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this
thirty-first day of January, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-five, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and forty-ninth
I have mixed thoughts on Black History Month. On one hand, I think it is important for all Americans to learn of the incredible contributions made by many Black Americans from the Battle of Lexington to the Civil War, World War One and Two to the Deserts of the Middle East, Black Americans fought and died for our nation. Their ranks also include educators, explorers, inventors, architects, political leaders athletes, artists, clergy, doctors, poets, writers, jurist and every other profession and trade. However, the Left has hijack Black History Month by promoting race hatred and division. Leftists give us a sanitized version of the likes of WEB DuBois and Paul Roberson-both communists- while having disdain and contempt for Christians Booker T. Washington, and George Washington Carver. And they ignore people like George and Philippa Schuyler, Julia Brown, Dr. Mildred Jefferson, and Clarence Thomas just to mention a few. (They especially hate Justice Thomas.)
Many prominent Black Americans including Morgan Freeman, Stacey Dash, and Vince Ellison have denounced Black History Month. In an interview on 60 Minutes with Mike Wallace, Freeman said that “Black History is American History” and Black History should not be “relegated to one month.
https://youtu.be/-L5mYyvf2UE?si=X0ADGWMffeLWC8BC
In a 2016 interview on Fox and Friends, Dash said:
“We have to make up our minds. Either we want to have segregation or integration, and if we don’t want segregation, then we have to get rid of channels like BET and the BET Awards and the Image Awards, where you’re only awarded if you’re black,” she continued. “If it were the other way around, we’d be up in arms. It’s a double standard. There shouldn’t be a black history month. We’re Americans, period.”
https://youtu.be/FAppNlNSnXk?si=plIzKs-Nb338DdLh
Vince Ellison, in a recent podcast, said that he “feels sorry for White folks” during Black History Month, that it is a “waste of time…A bunch of lies… Black people are oppressed…White people are low down and America is bad…”
https://youtu.be/P1TNwhkwcyE?si=2WExO_bJD3CgTNk3
While it may be a while before we as a nation can jettison identity politics, and the inordinate influence that the Cultural Marxist, Death Cultists and Self-Loathing Whites have, we can celebrate and honor the incredible accomplishments of Black Americans year-round.
Here is a recommended project for those of you who have children in government schools: Download this picture below and have you or your child take it to his or her history teacher.
(1) First Black U.S. Senator Rev. Hiram Revels of Mississippi,
Crispus Attucks was killed in the Boston Massacre
Garret Morgan invented the traffic light.
The 54th Massachusetts was the 1srt all Black unit that fought in the Civil War
(2) Samuel Gray, James Caldwell, Samuel Maverick, and Patrick Carr.
MAAFA 21 Black Genocide in the 21st Century
We just uploaded the powerful documentary MAAFA 21 Black Genocide in the 21 Century to our Rumble channel.
“Maafa21: Black Genocide in 21st Century America,” is a documentary film produced by Life Dynamics Inc. that reveals how eugenics and population control has systematically been used to reduce Black births. Maafa is a Swahili word which means “a terrible tragedy,” referring to the time of the middle passage during the slave trade. The “21” in the title refers to the 21st century, because, in reality, the “Maafa” has not ended. It is still being carried out today.
Movies That You Aren’t Supposed to Watch
Over the years, I have authored articles titled “Books You Aren’t Supposed to Read.” These are books that the Establishment may not have been outrighted banned but are ignored or panned by Establishment critics. I will now begin a series of articles, on an irregular basis, concerning movies that the Establishment has ignored or smothered. All of these movies are available on our Rumble channel-link below. They can also be found on YouTube. We recommend that the readers not only watch the movies, but let others know of their existence. Why not host a movie night in your home, church, civic organization, or your local library?
Not Your To Give 1982
This is a short adaptation of the free market essay Sockdolager. While the story, originally published in the January 1867 Harper’s Magazine, is historically inaccurate, it is an excellent lesson on the U.S. Constitution and the proper role of government. It begins with Congressman Davey Crockett discussing among his colleagues the reason why he voted against a bill to offer relief to a widow of a War of 1812 officer. He recounts an experience he had while on the reelection campaign trail. He stops by the farm of Horatio Bunce seeking his vote. Bunce tells Crockett that while he thinks he is well meaning, he violated his oath of office. Crockett asked him to explain. Bunce tells Crockett that he gets a newspaper from Washington which reports the votes of Congress, and that Crockett voted to give tax money for victims of a Georgetown fire. Bunce explains that the money in the U.S. Treasury was for the purpose of running the U.S. government and not to give money to fire victims. While Bunce believes in charity, he explains that it is not a power granted to Congress in the U.S. Constitution. He explains that if Congress can give money these victims, they can give it to anyone. Bunce ended with “It’s not yours to give,” Crockett used the archaic word “sockdolager (the original name for the story) to describe his response. Sockdolager is defined as a forceful blow or a conclusive argument. He realized that Bunce was right. He told Bunce that he will be back next week and if Bunce could get some of his neighbors together, he will issue an apology and pledge not to do it again. Crockett shows up at the Bunce’s and is shocked to see how many people Bunce is able to gather. Crockett tells the group that Bunce taught him a lesson and that he will not violate his oath again.
How many readers know how their members of Congress vote? For those who have no idea, please visit the Freedom Index www.thenewamericxan.org/freedomindex
A More perfect Union America Becomes A Nation 1989
Produced by Brigham Young University, the movie is a dramatization of the Constitutional Convention of 1787. While the actors are not household names, the film does an excellent job recounting the story of how our Constitution came about. The film focuses mainly on James Madison, the Father of the Constitution. He knew that George Washington’s mere presence would give the convention the legitimacy and support it needed. He referred to Washington as “the indispensable man.” Washington was initially reluctant, but not only did he attend, he was the president of the Convention. The movie focuses on the disagreements, arguments, and compromise between the delegates, but in the end, they gave us the greatest man-made document for the governing of free people the world has ever seen. The film does an excellent job depicting the distinct personalities of the delegates.
Brotherhood of the Bell 1970
This was a made for TV movie with an excellent cast including Glenn Ford, Dean Jaegar, Will Geer, Rosemary Forsythe, and William Conrad. It is the unofficial story of the Skull and Bones, the secretive and, some believe satanic organization based at Yale University. Both John Kerry and George W. Bush are members.
The first scene has Professor Andrew Patterson, played by Glenn Ford and his fellow Bell members initiating a new member-Phil Dunning played by Robert Pine at the fictional College of Saint George in San Francisco. After the initiation ceremony, Dean Jagger, who plays Chad Harmon, a financier gives Andy an assignment-his due bill.” The assignment is to convince Patterson’s friend and colleague Dr. Constance Horvathy, played by Eduard Franz, not to take a position that the Bell wants for one of its own. If he refuses, the Bell will turn over a list of names of anti-communists from his country of origin leading to arrests and certain death. Horvathy, feeling betrayed by his friend, commits suicide. Patterson, full of grief and remorse, is determined to expose the Bell. He goes to the media and tells his story of this secretive organization. Members of the media interview Harmon who dismisses and ridicules the accusations of the Bell’s power and influence. Shortly after the interview, Patterson is informed that his department at the university has been defunded, and he is out of a job.
Patterson goes to his influential father-in-law Harry Masters, played by Maurice Evans, who offers to help. He arranged a meeting with what Patterson thinks is an FBI agent but is actually a Bell member. The agent asks Patterson for the list of names that would have been used to blackmail Horvathy. He gladly turns them over, giving the only hard evidence he had against the Bell. He realizes his father-in-law is gaslighting him after Masters denies to his daughter and Paterson’s wife. Played by Rosemary Forsyth that he ever set up any meeting with the F.B.I. Patterson’s father, played by Will Geer, a successful contractor, learns that the IRS has found some fraudulent returns. He dies from a heart attack after confronting Masters. Patterson’s wife ends up leaving him. Out of desperation, he contacts Bart Harris, a bombastic T.V. talk show host played by William Conrad. Conrad humiliates and ridicules Patterson on the show. Patterson assaults Bart on air and is arrested.
All looks hopeless until his former boss bails him out and tells Patterson that he believes his story. He encourages Patterson to reach out to the young initiate who agrees to help him expose the Bell. While the movie doesn’t go into the ideology of the Brotherhood of the Bell, it demonstrates how ruthless and powerful it is.
Tomorrow’s Children 1934
This movie was an expose of eugenics and forced sterilization. The movie was banned in a number of states. Eugenics and forced sterilization, practiced in 31 states and Washington, D.C, were policies of the so-called American Progressives. Led by the likes of racist Margaret Sanger, the founder of Planned Parenthood, they were eagerly implemented by the Nazis-a dirty secret that the Left has done an excellent job concealing. These two evils fell into disfavor after the world learned of the crimes of the Nazis.
The movie features the Mason family . The parents are lazy drunks. Their children with the exception of Alice, played by Diane Sinclair, who was adopted, are physically and mentally disabled. An older brother is in jail. The family members, being prime candidates for sterilization, are visited by a county official who gives them the options of sterilization or lose their welfare benefits. Alice escapes from the house to avoid the sterilization. She is soon captured and brought to the hospital to have the procedure. A sympathetic doctor, Dr. Brooks and Alice’s fiancé, unsuccessfully tries to get an injunction. Within seconds before Alice undergoing the sterilization, Father O’Brien, played by Crane Wilbur who also directs the movie, is able to prove that Alice is not part of the Mason bloodline and is saved from sterilization.
Gaslight 1940
This movie doesn’t expose a secret society or government cover-ups and wrongdoing, but this is the movie where the word gaslighting was made popular
Gaslighting is manipulating an individual or group using psychological methods into questioning their own sanity, memory, or powers of reasoning. A few examples: “The Southern border is secure.” “Inflation is under control.” “The world is a peaceful place thanks to the Biden administration’s policies.”
There is a 1944 American version , but I prefer this version that takes place in Victorian England where gaslights were in common use. The movie begins in the home of an elderly lady whose house is being ransacked by a man who was searching for valuable jewelry. He murders the lady and continues to ransack the house but never finds the jewelry. The house is vacant for a number of years until newlyweds Paul and Bella Mallen move in. Bella, played by Diana Wynyard, seems to be misplacing objects and Paul, played by Anton Walbrook tries to convince his wife that she is losing her sanity. It was Paul who was deliberately hiding the objects. He has an affair with the maid and wants to institutionalize his wife. A retired detective who investigated the original murder case in the house suspects Paul.
There are two floors upstairs that are closed off. Paul believes that the valuable jewelry may be hidden somewhere in these floors. . When entering the upstairs rooms, he turns on the gaslight, dimming the lights in the downstairs rooms. Bella observes the dimming gaslights, and Paul tells her that she is imagining it. He is eventually arrested for the murder of the elderly women.
All of the above movies are available on our Rumble channel https://rumble.com/account/content?type=all
Have a movie to recommend? Send me an E-mail campconstitutiuon1@gmail.com
The Weekly Sam: Making Creative Use of YouTube By Samuel L. Blumenfeld
I recently discovered YouTube, this incredibly fascinating Web site that shows hundreds of
thousands of video clips from all over the world, produced by ordinary people. Launched in
May 2005 by two young geeks, Steven Chen and Chad Hurley, the site now pumps out over 100
million short video clips—ranging from 1 to 30 minutes or more—and takes in as many as
65,000 new ones every day. It draws more than 34 million viewers a month. I assume it must
be a favorite site with homeschoolers, since many of them have produced a great variety of
video clips. Take a look and add one of your own.
According to Forbes magazine (10/16/06), Steven Chen, born in Taiwan, studied at the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Hurley was a design major at Indiana University
of Pennsylvania at Indiana, Pennsylvania. They met at Paypal, the online payment site acquired
by Ebay in 2002, and formed a partnership to launch YouTube.
They conceived of YouTube after experiencing frustration when they tried to swap, online,
video clips from a party they had attended. Their aim was to keep the site simple enough so
that amateurs could use it. They used their credit cards to finance the scheme, until the site
grew so big that they had to seek financing from venture capitalists. They were able to raise
$3.5 million from Sequoia Capital.
The great potential for profit will not come from those who submit video clips, but from
advertisers. But how do you insert advertising in YouTube? That’s where the creativity of
YouTube’s founders have come into play.
But for homeschoolers with camcorders, YouTube provides a wonderful way to reach
thousands of people—homeschoolers and others around the world at practically no cost.
That’s how Ron Paul reached thousands of potential contributors. YouTube is also a wonderful
way to take a trip around the world. Just type in the name of any city or country on the globe
and someone will have sent in a video clip about that place.
There are many video clips on Global Warming from different points of view. You can make up
your own mind. Or write in Havana, Cuba, to get a glimpse of what it’s like in the Communist
dominated city. I got a great kick watching a wonderful half-hour interview of journalist Mark
Steyn at UC Berkeley.
If you are a lover of classical music, you can watch the Osaka Philharmonic Orchestra play
Holst’s spine-tingling Jupiter led by an emotional Japanese conductor, or watch exuberant
Leonard Bernstein conduct Tchaikovsky and Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, or watch aging Sir
Edward Elgar conduct Pomp and Circumstance. And you can actually watch the great
performance of the legendary Jacqueline du Pre playing Elgar’s Cello Concerto with young
conductor Daniel Barenboim leading the orchestra. What an incredible treat! The musical clips
alone are a tremendous source of great entertainment. Of course, don’t expect high definition
TV from some of these old clips.
There are also many fascinating clips on religion: Christopher Hitchens in debate with Denesh
D’Souza on the existence of God; Hitchens addressing the Atheist Alliance conference; a brief
interview with 84-year-old Antony Flew, atheist convert to deism; stories of Muslims converted
to Christianity (Muslims4Jesus).
One can easily spend hours browsing among the thousands of video clips. The clips note their
running times and the number of viewers who’ve seen them, plus viewers’ comments. Anyone
can join and start sending in clips. You can start as amateurishly as you’re likely to be, and
develop better technique in future endeavors.
“Video democracy is here,” Chad Hurley says, “and falling costs of transmission and a growing
audience eager for the offbeat have empowered anyone with a laptop to create, review or alter
almost any piece of digital entertainment in competition with the big guys. Hollywood will
always bring great content,” he adds, “but amateurs can create something just as interesting—
and do it in two minutes.”
Once homeschoolers know that you are on YouTube, you’ll draw more and more viewers. So
make your videos interesting and relevant. Do a video of a homeschool convention in your
area. Or show off the sights in your home town. Or interview an author or politician. Why not
show off your favorite hobby?
YouTube is also an incomparably fascinating source of information. Take advantage of it, and
get on the high-techie road to video creativity.
(The above article was written about 15 years ago. YouTube is an excellent source of information. Camp Constitution has a channel with close to 17k subscribers, over 1,500 videos and close to two million views. We have many videos of Sam Blumenfeld. Please subscribe and share our content: https://www.youtube.com/@CampConstitution
The Problems with the 14th Amendment: A Presentation by Pastor David Whitney
President Trump’s recent executive order con concerning birthright citizenship — Executive Order — has been challenged by the Left. Pastor David Whitney gives a presentation on the original intent of the 14th as well as its questionable ratification. This presentation was conducted at our 16th annual family camp that took place in July of 2024 at the Singing Hills Christian Camp in Plainfield, NH
Pastor Whitney will be an instructor at this year’s camp which runs from July 13-18: https://campconstitution.net/camp-registration/
The Weekly Sam: AN OPEN LETTER TO THE PARENTS OF NORTH CAROLINA by Samuel L. Blumenfeld
The North Carolina State Department of Education has mandated, through state law, a program for the first three grades of North Carolina’s public schools calculated to turn your children into reading and learning failures. The instruction methods being used in these grades to teach reading and “communication skills” are based on the theories of behavioral psychology and are known as psycholinguistics. The nation’s leading proponent of psycholinguistics, Prof. Kenneth Goodman of Arizona State University, has called reading “a psycholinguistic guessing game.” This instruction method, originally known as “look-say,” “the sight method,” or the “whole-word method,” is known to cause severe reading and learning disability.
In 1929 Dr. Samuel T. Orton, in an article entitled “The ‘Sight Reading’ Method of Teaching Reading as a Source of Reading Disability,” warned the educators of America that introducing this teaching method in the schools of America would “not only prevent the acquisition of academic education by children of average capacity but may also give rise to far reaching damage to their emotional life.” The educators disregarded Dr. Orton’s warning and proceeded to introduce the “sight reading” method in our schools, with the result that our schools are now turning out millions of functionally illiterate and learning disabled young adults every year. Not only is all of this costing the taxpayer billions of dollars in instructional and remedial costs, but it is causing untold emotional damage to millions of Americans whose ability to pursue careers requiring high or merely competent literacy has been severely limited.
I have read through the reading and communication skills program mandated by the state of North Carolina and can predict that at least one-third of the children now entering kindergarten and first grade in the state’s public schools will be permanently damaged and handicapped by these methods. I am urging the parents of North Carolina to demand the teaching of intensive phonics as the sole method of teaching reading in these early grades. That is the only way to prevent your children from becoming reading and learning disabled. If the state will not respond to your demand, then I urge you to remove your children from the public schools and place them in private or church schools where intensive phonics is taught. If you cannot afford private education, but are at home, then I urge you to home-school your children, using readily available phonics materials for home tutoring. I also urge churches to create scholarship funds to help parents who cannot afford to send their children to a private school.
However, if you keep your children in the public school then I strongly advise you to keep records of your children’s progress, accounts of your conversations with teachers and principals, and records of the materials being used in the classroom to teach your children. If your children become reading and learning disabled you may want to sue the school system, the state department of education, and the legislators who voted for this program. Heretofore, the only people who have sued public schools for educational malpractice have been high school graduates who have come out of twelve years of schooling functionally illiterate.
None of these cases has been won by the plaintiffs because the courts have refused to hold the schools responsible for their own malpractice. However, by serving notice on your legislators, educators, and state bureaucrats that you intend to hold them responsible for the results produced by the instruction methods they have voted for or have used in their classrooms, the courts will be unable to deny their accountability.
If you are a parent who has put a child in a public school, kindergarten or first grade, we urge you to write to us and supply us with the following information: name, age, grade of your child; name of the school, teacher, and principal; titles of the instructional materials used in the classroom. In three years, we shall know which children have been damaged by the school’s teaching methods, and we shall institute a class-action malpractice suit against the North Carolina State Department of Education, the legislators who voted for the program, the teachers and principals who used these methods, and the publishers who produced them. Only with your cooperation will we be able to stop the abuse of your children in the public schools of North Carolina by means of faulty instructional materials developed by behavioral psychologists. Send the information requested to The Blumenfeld Education Letter, P.O. Box 39850, Phoenix, Arizona 85069.
(The above letter was written back in the early 1980s. We don’t know how many parents responded to Sam’s letter. But today the homeschool movement is flourishing. This letter is in the Sam Blumenfeld Archives. It is free to join: http://blumenfeld.campconstitution.net/main.htm
The Blumenfeld Archives
The Truth About The California Wildfires
Practically every time a disaster strikes in the United States, the Corporate Media blames it on climate change. This short video from our friends at Gorilla Science https://watchgorillascience.com/ refute the claim that climate change is behind the on-going California wildfires using data from the U.S. Government:
5th Annual Camp Constitution Ladies Spring Fling
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Camp Constitution Announces Its 17th Annual Family Camp
Camp Constitution will hold its 17th Annual Family Camp at the Singing Hills Christian Camp https://www.singinghills.net/ Plainfield, NH. from Sunday July 13 to Friday July 18, 2025
Returning instructors include Pastor David Whitney of the Institute on the Constitution, Keith Hanson of Critical Dynamic, Professor Willie Soon, world renowned astrophysicist and climate realist, Catherine White of The Constitution Decoded, Alex Newman, author and host of the Sentinel Report, and Rev. Steve Craft, Camp Constitution’s chaplain.
Guest instructors include Mr. Kurt Hyde, retired Lieutenant Colonel from the US Air Force, and election fraud expert. In addition to the classes, the camp will offer marksmanship courses, martial arts, hiking, basketball, volleyball, wiffleball, and optional field trip and swimming, chess, gaga and corn hole tournaments. Campers and staff end the day with an evening campfire.
Camp Constitution’s annual camp is a family camp open to entire families, unaccompanied minors, and adults. The cost for the week which includes lodging, meals and class handouts is $300 for those 13 and over. $200. For campers 12 and under, and three and under with parents are free. The camp offers an “Early Bird” discount of $50, per person by registering by May 1. A link to the camp registration: https://campconstitution.net/camp-registration/
For more information contact Hal Shurtleff (857) 498-1309 campconstitution1@gmail.com
Camp Constitution’s Annual Report for 2024, and Looking Into 2025
Camp Constitution started 2024 with a bang when Camp Constitution instructor Professor Willie Soon’s interview by Tucker Carlson aired early in the month. Towards the end of the interview, Professor Soon gave a 1 ½ minute-, unscripted, from the heart, “infomercial for Camp Constitution which led to 50,000+ new views of our website, $2,400. in unsolicited donations, a dozen new books orders, and approximately 30 new camp attendees some coming as far as Germany, and Texas.
https://youtu.be/s9-SqR7luKY?si=eu_mzKWZSovLb6cb
16th Annual Family Camp
Camp Constitution’s 16th annual family camp ran from Sunday July 14 to Friday July 19. For the fifth year in a row, the camp took place at the Singing Hills Christian Camp in Plainfield, NH. This may have been our largest turnout in our camp’s history with attendees coming as far as Frankfurt, Germany, Cape Town, South Africa, Florida, Uganda Texas, and Wisconsin
Returning instructors included Professor Willie Soon, one of the world’s top atmospheric scientists, who attended with his family, Pastor David Whitney of the Institute on the Constitution, Rev. Steve Craft who serves at the camp chaplain, Mrs. Catherine White of the Constitution Decoded, and author and host of the Liberty Sentinel program, Alex Newman.
Our guest instructors were Mrs. Julie Wilkerson who played the abortion nurse in the movie UnPlanned: The Abby Johnson Story and author Dr. Felecia Nace. Dr Nace attended out 2020 camp and was the guest speaker at this year’s Ladies “Spring Fling” . For the tenth year, Mr. Mert Melfa served as our videographer and uploaded videos of our classes and activities. A link to our 2024 Family Camp YouTube playlist: https://studio.youtube.com/playlist/PL7jnzBzBiNYBuAEivmEE9B-L1wy4ZKTEc/videos
We start our day with an optional run and/or swim at 6:30. Wake up is 7:00 and morning devotions and flag-raising at 7:50. Afterwards, there is a reading from the Bible. As he has for the past few years, veteran camper Franklin Soon plays “Reveille” on the trumpet followed by the firing of our cannon: https://youtu.be/vlj4Kz-TV3w?si=KqfpCG8-wvJYbGOz
After a hearty breakfast, the camp conducts three 45-minute classes.
During the first class, Head Counselor Chris Kalis conducts room inspection where both cleanliness, and a Patriotic theme will give those in the room points towards the room inspection contest where the occupants of the winning room get treated to free pizza on Thursday after campfire. The Girls of Room 11 in Mountain View were the winners. The daily inspection results are posted in the camp’s daily newspaper, “Camp Constitution Journal” distributed in the evening. The paper, edited Mark Affleck, also has articles written by campers about the daily activities and classes. A link to PDF versions of the paper: https://s3.amazonaws.com/camppictures/CampArchive/index.html
Monday afternoon, we offered an optional martial arts training class taught by Mr. George Dewhurst of Alton, NH.
Over the years, we have been blessed with talented campers and staff and this year was no exception. From Mrs. Paulie Heath, our campfire director who is a Christian recording artist to the Soons-Emily, Ben, and Franklin to Josh Viliniskis, to Mrs. Catherine White to new campers Elayna, Alise, and Christie Uhl from Milwaukee to Jonathan Cohler, a world-renowned clarinetist, our ears were treated to some incredible music. These talents are highlighted at our evening campfires, where in addition to music and signing, attendees tell “Dad” jokes, skits, and recite poetry. Campfire ends with a devotion and the playing of “Taps”
Our junior campers -ages 5-12- also attend classes taught by Mrs. Edith Craft, Mrs. Kathy Mickel who also serves as our nurse, Mrs. Jessica Whitworth, and Mrs. Roberta Stewart. On Thursday, the Junior Campers have a parade through camp:
For the second year, Mr. Keith Hanson and his team at Critical Dynamics taught the optional firearms training on Tuesday afternoon. We had a number of first-time marksmen on hand.
Mr. Chris Kalis, who drives all the way from Michigan, serves as both our head counselor and recreational director. He runs the afternoon program which includes volleyball, basketball, “steal the bacon” a chess tournament, and our annual wiffleball game between “The Shurtleff All Stars” and “The Kalis Barnstormers.”
Wednesday afternoon, we had an optional field trip to the Precision Museum in nearby Windsor, Vermont where we learned about our nation’s role in the Industrial Revolution.
On Thursday afternoon, Alan “Spunky” Bellanger entertained Junior campers.
The camp has both a pond and a pool which are popular with the campers:
On Thursday evening, the camp held its closing ceremony where the Super Camper and Super Staffer awards along with and our new “Willie Soon” Award for Instructional Excellence. are presented. Mrs. Jessica Whitworth was awarded the Super Staffer award, Professor Willie Soon was awarded the first “Wille Soon Award.” Ben Soon and Elisabeth Krutov were the Super Campers, and Jonathan Larson and first time camper Alise Uhl were the runner ups. Super Campers win a free tuition for next year’s camp. Junior camper program director Mrs. Edith Craft presented certificates of completion to our junior camper camp program.
(Ben Soon, Jonathan Larson, Elisabeth Krutov and Alise Uhl)
Here is a link to pictures and videos of activities of our camp:
Next year’s camp will run from Sunday July 13 to Friday July 18 and returns to Singing Hills Christian Camp in Plainfield, NH.
Camp Constitution in the News
Our lawsuit “Shurtleff v Boston” continues to be mentioned in the news around the United States. Our case was cited in defense of the recently passed law in Louisiana that calls for the placing of the Ten Commandments in the state’s public school classrooms. Cities and towns across the United States cited our case when passing ordinances banning all third-party flags including Lockhaven, PA, Enfield, CT and LaRue, TX. While other towns and cities, due to our case, have allowed the flying of Christian, and Pro-Life flags including Waltham, MA, Hartford, CT and Nashua, NH. We write a monthly article that runs in the “Weirs Times” based in Laconia, NH. The article is usually carried in “The Boston Broadside” and the on-line Granite Grok.
Camp Constitution on the Air
While at our annual family camp. Alex Newman did a live show on Frank Speech where he interviewed a number of our instructors. We had two appearances on the Duke Pesta Show, and three appearances on the Tamara Scott Show which airs on Frank Speech, two appearances on the Pro-America Report hosted by Ed Martin of the Phyllis Schlafly Eagles, an appearance on the Chris McCarthy Show on WBSM New Bedford, an appearance on Red Pill Politics which airs on Republic Radio, and for the first time, an appearance on the George Hale–Ric Tyler Show on WVOM FM Maine, and an appearance on the Liberty Sentinel Show with Alex Newman. We also appeared as a guest on Chattin with Jeanine- TV Show which airs on Merrimac, NH’s cable station, and hosted by New Hampshire State Rep Jeanine Notter. We also co-hosted a show on the newly rebooted Catching Fire News. And, mentioned above, an interview of Professor Willie Soon with Tucker Carlson.
Tamara Scott
Special Projects
We recently joined forces with New Hampshire Patriot Hub https://www.nhpatriothub.org/about-us/ in their campaign to get schools across New Hampshire to teach their students about the Matrix of Liberty-the meaning behind the Monument to the Forefathers in Plymouth, MA. We had a float, for the fourth year in row, at the Alton, NH Old Home Day Parade where we distributed over 300 pocket copies of the U.S. Constitution. We hosted info tables at the Crown of Maine Balloon Festival, information tables at the Mass HOPE and Homeschoolers of Maine annual conventions. We participate in a flag raising ceremony of Resurrection Sunday in front of Nashua, NH’s City Hall. We had our Spring and Fall Clean Ups at our two miles of road on Alton, NH, and an information tables the Education Options Expo held in Newport, in late August, and Manchester, and Peterborough in December. In early August, we co-sponsored a day camp in Maine for children ages 5-12.
Camp Constitution Press
With our trusty video camera, we recorded a number of presentations and events. and upload them on our YouTube and Rumble channels. These presentations included Memorial Day and Veterans Day ceremonies in Alton, NH, Wreaths Across American Stop Ceremony in Gardner, MA, speeches by Vince Ellison, Phil Zohiates, and speakers at our week-long and weekend camps.
Thanks to two generous donors, we were able to run radio spots promoting the Sam Blumenfeld Archive, and Ladies Weekend Retreat on WRKO, the most popular AM talk radio show in New England, and WORD Radio WSEW in Rochester. The spots also ran free on New Hampshire Gospel Radio WVNH, WANH, and WJNHA link to the radio spot: https://youtube.com/shorts/CC7MaLHpQPQ?si=3wzZlG6P49CQ6NU6
YouTube, and Rumble
We received 460,000 views in 2024 and two million, seven thousand since the channel’s inception and as well as doubling our subscribers with 8,820 new subscribers giving us close to 17,000 subscribers. Our Rumble channel had 15000 views, 1,500 likes, and 290 followers. If you haven’t already, please subscribe to these two channels and share the videos:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN7ME18Q1xiqcrPEn5h5FbA
https://rumble.com/account/content?type=all
Camp Constitution Report on Podomatic and Other Platforms
We have received 1,000 plays and 2,500 downloads of our shows. We continue to be in the top ten for the category of conservative-right. In addition to our weekly show, we have uploaded some classic interviews and speeches by Dan Smoot, Gary Allen, and E. Merrill Root. A link to our show: https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/shurtleffhal
Camp Constitution Press
We published The Racist Roots of Planned Parenthood and Its Legacy of Death and Art and Revolution, and we had another printing of Alpha-Phonics, and The 1928 U.S. Army Manual. Thanks to the efforts of Bill McNally and his daughter, Barbara, who edited an unpublished manuscript on the JFK assassination written by Sam Blumenfeld in 1965, we will be publishing Sam’s work titled Did the KGB Kill Kennedy? Bill and Barbara are also working on a more difficult edit of Sam’s Did the Communists Create the Neo-Nazi Movement in America
Speakers Bureau
We had 38 speaking engagements including five engagements by best-selling author Vince Ellison, and two for Williamm Brown and Phil Zodhiates of Save the Persecuted Christians.
Website
87,000 views and published 178 articles on the blog. We requested permission from World Net Daily to report their articles. Within a few hours, we received this:
Dear Hal, that would be fine. And by the way, WND has been covering your Christian flag case for many years.
Consider this email your license to republish WND News Center content, providing you adhere to the provisions noted on the WND News Center site https://www.wndnewscenter.org/ in the Terms of Use: https://www.wndnewscenter.org/terms-of-use/
David Kupelian, Editor in Chief, WND News Center
Sam Blumenfeld Archives
735,000 hits with over 2,000 Alpha Phonics workbooks downloaded. As mentioned above, we reprinted 200 copies of Alpha Phonics and ran 30-second promotional spots on several radio stations including WRKO, and WORD Radio in Rochester, NH:
https://youtube.com/shorts/CC7MaLHpQPQ?si=Hh2QeYh7qOP0buV7
The Blumenfeld Archives
Facebook Page
We have close to 4,000 likes and over 3,600 following our page. We also manage six other groups and one other page-all of them growing in members
Stopping An Article V Convention
Between our camp blogs, resources from our website, and YouTube channels, we helped stop many resolutions for an Article V Convention. We testified against HCR 8 a resolution introduced by the far-left group Wolf PAC in New Hampshire’s House and it was soundly defeated, and we testified in favor of HCR 9, a resolution to rescind New Hampshire’s only Article V application. It passed the House by a voice vote which surprised many pundits but was not taken up in the Senate. In Maine, we helped defeat a resolution for an Article V Convention. On the morning before the vote, we appeared as a guest on WVOM-the Voice of Maine to discuss the issue. A link to the interview: https://youtu.be/g72_f6vk1ts?si=7R8Mg2aog5ZRFBVr
Ladies Spring Fling
We held our 5th annual ladies “Spring Fling” in early May held at the Alton Bay Christian Conference Center. Guest speaker was Dr. Felecia Nace.
Third Annual Weekend Family Retreat
Camp Constitution held its 3rd annual family retreat up at Camp Sentinel in Tuftonboro, NH this past weekend and it was chock full of information, encouragement, and activities!
Friday evening, Reverend Steven Craft gave a presentation on Race Worship. He likened the race debate to the “Golden Calf of the 21st Century”, encouraging attendees to be modern day Davids up against a Goliath of racialized ideology. While some have weaponized race, we must remember that Jesus shed his blood for ALL of us, which makes us equal in the eyes of God. Kin folk, not “skin” folk!
We also had a Constitution 101 presentation by Camp Constitution Co-Founder, Hal Shurtleff! He recommended watching “A More Perfect Union” and reading “Christianity and the Constitution” by John Eidsmoe as well as The Federalist Papers. He reminded us that the amendments in the Bill of Rights PROTECT our rights – not grant them.
Saturday was a full day of activities and crafts for the kids, and speeches for the adults in the morning, starting with Michael King of Massachusetts Family Institution. He shared some concerning slides and papers put out in schools, like the ‘Gingerbread Person’ for elementary/middle schoolers, ‘Gender Unicorn’ for kids as young as 4, and the Trever Project for teens; since they have begun making things like this widely known, they have managed to make Sex Ed an opt-in program and more than 7000 children have chosen to skip those classes, making it a home education topic instead. They have in fact had many victories regarding this topic and others in schools, have several National partners, and are paving the way in church-based education alternatives in MA!
A link to Mr. King’s presentation: https://youtu.be/GsP843c_6zc?si=-j3BDfEIzdwNMA73
Michael King of the Mass Family Institute Junior Campers taught by Mrs. Jessica Whitworth
We also got to hear some information and watch some videos from the Chandler family about the Trail Life USA and American Heritage Girls programs. They operate for boys and girls, respectively, from ages 5 to 18+ and are a Christ-based alternative to Scouts. They are both Nationwide programs that can be joined here in New England, or parents can sign up to lead a new chapter if there isn’t one nearby.
After lunch there was a break with options to do recreational activities, go apple picking or shopping, or even visit the WW2 Museum in Wolfeboro. Our family opted into the WW2 Museum which had a few interactive exhibits for the kids, a vast number of artifacts, and a great hall of ages where you got an in-depth look at the years from 1939 to 1945. It ended with an up-close look at tanks and other military vehicles from the time. Though the word “democracy” was thrown around a little too often for my taste, it was definitely a worthwhile visit – make sure to check out their used book rack in the gift shop for some hidden treasures!
The film “Monumental” was being shown when we returned to camp – a great watch for the whole family! Camp Sentinel, where this retreat was held, was very accommodating with a warm fire all day, comfortable couches, and plenty of drinks and snacks!
The evening rounded off with Representative Paul Terry sharing how to Influence Elected Officials. He provided a packet of information to each attendee full of valuable information, tips, and action item checklists! One of the main points made was how blessed we are to live in NH where we have the largest number of representatives in the Nation! Each member of the House only has about 2,200 citizens they represent, which makes them incredibly accessible. Those of us who wish to see change need to take advantage of this fact – not just when we want something, but also to thank them or even just get to know them. A link to Rev. Terry’s presentation: https://youtu.be/rPXu954Q9So?si=sPY6Lc-qi7TOx8DA
Rounding off the evening, Jack McCarthy, a representative for Tactical Civics, spoke about the organization. They believe that the solution to the problems we are facing today include establishing County Grand Juries and Constitutional Militias. He also noted that learning your state constitution is just as (if not more) important as learning your US constitution.
Each morning of the retreat started with a flag raising ceremony overlooking the mountains, and every evening ended with a campfire accompanied by singing, poetry, readings, skits, and music. There were also a few tables available all weekend full of the different organizations’ information, sign-ups, books, and more.
Sunday consisted of worship led by Rev. Craft. After some singing, the children were led out for more crafts as the sermon began. This all centered somewhat around the race debate, but also dove into the division we bring on ourselves in politics and religion. Why do we focus on denominations, when we are all brothers and sisters of Christ, seeking Him in all things? We need to unify and strengthen ourselves in this fight between good and evil – because that is truly what we are facing now.
Finally, I spoke about the topic of my book “The Racists Roots of Planned Parenthood And Its Legacy of Death.” Did You know that over $500 Million in federal funds goes to Planned Parenthood? Or that Martin Luther King Junior was the first recipient of the Margaret Sanger award? Have you ever heard Sanger’s quote that seeing shrieking children in schoolyards made her feel her mission had failed? Did you know that one of Margaret Sangers collaborators was none other than Ernst Rudin, president of the International Federation of Eugenics organizations and later, Nazi director of sterilization and founder of the Nazi Society for Racial Hygiene? A link to a free download of the book:
It was a wonderful weekend full of education, building connections, sharing God’s word, and having new experiences as a family. It’s also a wonderful opportunity to support a worthy cause and check out the awesome library available through Camp Constitution. Check out their website (campconstitution.net) for more resources, and to learn how to sign up for the next Camp Constitution event!
Co-Sponsoring Texas Leadership Conference and a Visit to Carthage, Texas
In early October, my wife Maura and manned an info table at the annual Texas Leadership Conference attended by Riley Gaines, Coach Joe Kennedy, and Pastor Paul Blair to name just a few. We also conducted a presentation on how to start your own camp, and we visited the statue of our late friend and Camp Constitution instructor Dr. Mildred Jeferson.
Camp Constitution mourned the passing of long-time supporter Linda Bean, instructor and mentor John McManus, and co-founder of Camp Constitution and its manager Charlie Everett.
Looking into 2025
We have several events scheduled for January including teaching a class on the U.S. Constitution to a homeschool group.
We were invited to have a float in the Patriot’s Day Parade to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Lexington April 19. We will also host our 3rd annual homeschool overnight at the Lane House on April 18th. We will have info tables at the Mass HOPE and Homeschoolers of Maine Homeschool Convention. Our 5th annual ‘Spring Fling” and our 17th Annual Family Camp.
How You Can Help
Pray for our nation.
Attend our 17th annual family camp.
Host a Camp Constitution speaker.
Subscribe to our YouTube and Rumble channels and follow us on Podomatic.
View and share our videos, podcasts, and downloads on our web site.
Make a monthly donation or a one-time donation. Donations may be made via our PayPal account accessed from our website’s homepage https://www.campconstitution.net
If you own a business or are involved with a non-profit, consider a sponsorship for a minimum of $100. A year.
Blessings.
Hal Shurtleff, Director
Camp Constitution
Alton, NH